National Rural Health Resource Center Podcasts

National Rural Health Resource Center Podcasts

The National Rural Health Resource Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining and improving health care in rural communities. As the nation’s leading technical assistance and knowledge center in rural health, The Center focuses on five core areas: -Transition to Value and Population Health -Collaboration and Partnership -Performance Improvement -Health Information Technology -Workforce

Episodes

May 11, 2021 40 mins

Featuring Alicia Bauman, Community Health Director, Lakewood Health System, Staples, MN and Mat Spaan, MPA, Manager, Care Delivery & Payment Reform, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Learn how a small MN CAH formed non-traditional community partners in order to address food insecurity to improve population health. Also, learn about the Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) and how it allows health care professionals the freedom ...

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Featuring Jen Peterson, Supervisor of Social Work and Care Coordination, Welia Health, Mora, MN and Deb Laine, M.Ed, Senior Program Specialist, National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center)

Learn the importance of community care coordination in improving population health. Hear about one CAH’s journey into community care coordination – the process, how it has evolved, and the outcomes. 

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Featuring Jodi Martin, Marketing and Communications Team Leader, Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital, Ely, MN and Mike Milligan, President, Legato Healthcare Marketing

We touched on the importance of population health in our first podcast. Learn how Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital used their community health needs assessment findings to craft messages to engage providers and staff, form community partnerships, and start communicati...

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Featuring Tracy Morton, MPH, Director of Population Health, National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center)

Listeners will begin to understand the transition to value-based care and population health and why mid-level management plays a critical role.

The basics of population health and social determinants of health are applicable to everyone that works in a hospital. Use these 10-minute podcasts during departmental/staff meetin...

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Featuring Rhonda Barcus, MS, LPC, Program Manager, National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center)

Creating a meaningful experience for our patients includes connecting with the person to provide a sense of safety and care. This podcast is relevant to any staff member in a healthcare organization and who would like to understand more about creating a true patient experience.

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Featuring Jonathan Neufeld, PhD, Program Director, Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center

Learn tips for how to best inform your patients about what to expect for their telehealth visit. All staff at the hospital should understand what the virtual patient expectation is and what they can do on their end to improve satisfaction and population health. 

The basics of population health and social determinants of health ...

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Featuring Shannon Studden, Senior Program Specialist and Rhonda Barcus, Program Manager from the National Rural Health Resource Center and Carly Kubesh, BSN, RN, PHN, Clinic Manager, Olivia Hospital & Clinic, Olivia, MN

Learn some of the core competencies that will help mid-level leaders thrive while implementing population health initiatives. Hear from an MLL who is successfully engaging their staff in population health initiative...

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Featuring Jennifer Lundblad, Project Director, Rural Health Value and President/CEO, Stratis Health, Karla Weng MPH, CPHQ, Technical Assistance Lead, Rural Health Value and Senior Program Manager, Stratis Health, and Terry Hill, MPA, Senior Advisor for Rural Health Leadership and Policy, National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) and Executive Director of Rural Health Innovations (RHI)

Understand the difference between popu...

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Podcast Guest: Teri Fritsma, Senior Research Analyst, Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health & Primary Care

Podcast Host: Nitika Moibi, Health Workforce Analysis Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health & Primary Care

View details of the entire podcast series at https://minnesotaruralhealthconference.org/podcasts!

Nitika Moibi and Teri Fritsma will discuss the rapid transformation that CO...

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November 18, 2020 23 mins

Podcast Guest: Dr. Nicholas Lehnertz, Medical Specialist 2, Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control, Minnesota Department of Health

Podcast Host: Mark Jones, Director, Minnesota Rural Health Association (MRHA)

View details of the entire podcast series at https://minnesotaruralhealthconference.org/podcasts!

Dr. Lehnertz discusses the impact of COVID-19 in Minnesota, specifically in rural areas. Hear the m...

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Podcast Guest: Jan Malcolm, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health

Podcast Host: Zora Radosevich, Director, Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health & Primary Care

View details of the entire podcast series at https://minnesotaruralhealthconference.org/podcasts!

The ORHPC's Director will have a discussion with the Commissioner about why rural health issues deserve special attention, how the Minnesota Department ...

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November 16, 2020 4 mins

Learn about the three-part podcast series developed by the Minnesota Rural Health Conference (MNRHC) hosts that will be released daily during the week of National Rural Health Day. Hear clips from guest speakers and a special announcement about the 2021 MNRHC!

Download podcasts and learn more at https://minnesotaruralhealthconference.org/podcasts!

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In this final episode of Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change 6-part podcast series, we will share common themes from Episodes 1-5 and wrap up the series. Joining the conversation are Terry Hill, Rhonda Barcus, and Shannon Studden, all with the National Rural Health Resource Center.

"If you boil it down to one simple sentence, it’s really about getting patient care right."

~Terry Hill

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In this fifth episode of Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change 6-part podcast series, we address the challenges leaders face with managing their own emotions during change. Guests share best practices for strengthening emotional intelligence, building resilience and role-modeling while leading a group through a change. Joining the conversation are Micala Dempcy with Lexington Regional Health Center in Nebraska, and Rhond...

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In this fourth episode of Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change 6-part podcast series, guests discuss strategies for supporting others through change by addressing individual differences within teams, working through resistance, and leading from the heart. Joining the conversation are Fheb Garcia with Roosevelt General Hospital in New Mexico and Shannon Studden, Senior Program Specialist with the National Rural Health Re...

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In this third episode of Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change 6-part podcast series, we explore leaders’ primary responsibilities throughout the change process. Joining the conversation are Jessica Camacho with Roosevelt General Hospital in New Mexico, and Shannon Studden, Senior Program Specialist with the National Rural Health Resource Center.

"Our role is to be the comforter; it’s going to be okay; I’m g...

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In this second episode of Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change 6-part podcast series, hear perspectives on change models, how they show up throughout the change process, and why they’re important. Joining the conversation are Michelle Madrid and Wesley Babers with White Mountain Regional Medical Center in Arizona, and Shannon Studden, Senior Program Specialist with the National Rural Health Resource Center.

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In this inaugural episode of Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change, listeners will begin to understand the transition to value-based care and population health and why mid-level management plays a critical role. Joining the conversation are Kyle Southerland, Special Projects and Community Health Coordinator with Bacon County Hospital in Georgia and Terry Hill, Senior Advisor for Rural Health Leadership and Policy at the ...

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This webinar will cover ground ambulance data reporting requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS).

Following the webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System reporting requirements for ground ambulance providers and suppliers and what it means to rural ambulance services
  • Describe the implications for not reporting
  • Recall resources available to...
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February 28, 2020 39 mins

This SHIP Technical Assistance Webinar will focus on successful quality improvement (QI) activities being implemented by the Georgia State Office of Rural Health HCAHPS 'Guide to Change' Consortium, and the North Dakota Critical Access Hospital Quality Network. These SHIP grantees will share their QI activity goals, challenges, outcomes, and best practices, as well as provide background on their consortium and network development.

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